1y ago

China lives rent free in the heads of Americans giving them anxiety

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Opinion | Let’s All Take a Deep Breath About China

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1y ago

America’s collective national body is suffering from a chronic case of China anxiety. Nearly anything with the word “Chinese” in front of it now triggers a fear response in US political system.

www.nytimes.com /2024/05/06/opinion/china-anxiety-us-policy.html

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1y ago

China lives rent free in the heads of Americans giving them anxiety

www.nytimes.com /2024/05/06/opinion/china-anxiety-us-policy.html

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- we need this as an emoji! @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml
  the most unrealistic part of that image is the idea that Americans could actually point China out on a map
  
  I mean, come on, if I had to spin a globe and guess I'd be more likely to guess right about China or Russia than anywhere else in the world.
  
  https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4476745
- since when do crackers think about garlic (mario doesn't count)
  also, since when do any of then visualize an actual globe and not a fake mercator "map" where europe is thrice the size of china
  
  since when do crackers think about garlic
  It's a reference to this:
  When you are constantly anxious, no threat is too small. In January, Rick Scott, a senator from Florida, introduced legislation that would ban imports of Chinese garlic, which he suggested could be a threat to U.S. national security, citing reports that it is fertilized with human sewage. In 2017, scientists at McGill University wrote there is no evidence that this is the case. Even if it was, it’s common practice to use human waste, known as “biosolids,” as fertilizer in many countries, including the United States.
This has led the U.S. government and American politicians to pursue policies grounded in repression and exclusion, mirroring the authoritarian system that they seek to combat.
american sees something american happening americanly in america: what are we a bunch of ASIANS?!?!???
- But collectively they are yielding a United States that is fundamentally more closed — and more like China in meaningful ways.
  How about you stop worrying about how much we are literally doing 1984 and build some high speed rail? Or some new housing? Now that would be more like China in a "meaningful way."
  
  My standards are getting lower every year.
  I'll settle for regular rail and decriminalizing homelessness at this point.
- Could we be the “authoritarian” ones? No, we’re just being defensive.
  
  It's never our fault, it's always their fault.
China lives rent free...
... because I ain't no stinkin' landloard!
Dr. Truex is an associate professor at Princeton University whose research focuses on Chinese authoritarianism.
Lmao
- It's like some made up title that they use for "experts" on the history channel. Sino Authoritarianologist.
>Anxiety about China is making American policymakers react in paranoid, repressive ways.
What fearmongering does to mfs
https://archive.is/6RhUG

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